Oakdale, PA 15071 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oakdale, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 181 frost-free days later.
Oakdale sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Oakdale before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oakdale compares
At roughly 181 frost-free days, Oakdale places 24,617 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 832 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Oakdale's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Oakdale can differ from the 15071 normal.